Madison Van Duyne said she and her classmates in a media writing class were on "lockdown" in their classrooms. They were huddled in the middle of the classroom, writing stories about the shootings and posting them online.UPDATE: The Huffington Post recaps some of the new ways this story is being reported as it unfolds.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Where the news is
Here's an interesting paragraph from the CNN.com story on the frightening news from Virginia Tech:
I can't say for sure without reading what they wrote, but I suspect that the students didn't have enough information to write stories suitable for publication.